Underwear



Nav. 20 1923.

C. N. WATSON UNDERWEAR Filed Dec.

W m a INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

1; ED S T T E S PTE CHARLES N. WATSON, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOBOF ONE-HALF TO WIL LIAM H. CLARK, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

UNDERWEAR.

Application filed December 1'7, 1921. Serial No. 523,133.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Carson, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements in Underwear, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garments, the general objectof the invention being to provide means for replacing the buttons at thelower part of the garment which are used for keeping this part of thegarment closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for facilitating theopening of this part of the garment while keeping it normally closed.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several. parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the sev eral views, and in which Figure 1is a front fragmentary View of a portion of agarment made in accordancewith my invention.

Figure 2 is a view taken transversely through the garment showing myinvention in section: Figure 3 is a detail view of one of the flapmembers.

In these views A indicates the garment which is of the type usuallyreferred to as a union-suit, though it will be understood that theinvention may be used on other garments, such as bathing suits and thelike. This garment opens in the front. This opening divides the front ofthe garment into a right hand section 1 and a left hand section 2, onesection carries the buttons at its edge for engaging the button holes inthe other section so as to connect the two portions together.

It is the object of my invention to eliminate the buttons and buttonholes in the crotch part of the garment, yet to have the crotch of thegarment normally closed under all conditions and I render this possibleby attaching a flap 3 to each of the sections 1 and 2, the flap beingsmaller at one end than at the other and each flap has its large endsewn to the edge of one section, as shown at 4:. The small end of eachflap is sewn to the opposite section, as at 5. The flaps extend at rightangles to the opening and one flap is on the outer part of the garmentand the other one is upon the inner part and both flaps terminate abovethe crotch of the garment.

These flaps act to hold the garment closed but permits easy opening ofthe same and renders the use of buttons unnecessary.

Instead of sewing the flaps to the edges of the garment they may beotherwise attached.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is 2- A garment of the character described having its frontdivided .into left and right sections having their inner edgesoverlapped, flaps secured to the garment at the opposite ends only andbeing designed smaller at one end than the other, one of said flaps hasits small end secured to the outside of the left section and its largeend secured to the inner edge of the right section above the crotch, theother of said flaps being arranged parallel with the first mentionedflap and designed similar in size and structure and having its small endsecured to the inside of the right section and its large end secured tothe outer edge of the left section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES N. WATSON.

